Document 1/51/27 (A-S Relations, no. 24)
- Description
- John, king of Scotland, states that seeing that he has by evil and false counsel, and his own folly, grievously offended and angered his lord Edward, king of England, lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, in many ways, in that while he yet owed him fealty and homage he made alliance against him with the king of France, who then was, and still is, his enemy, agreeing to arrange a marriage with the daughter of Charles, the French king’s brother, and to harass King Edward, and held the king of France, with all his power, in war and by other means; and in that by the same evil counsel he has ‘defied’ King Edward, and has withdrawn himself from his homage and fealty by renouncing his homage, and also in that he has sent his men into England to burn, plunder, murder, and do many other wrongs, and has fortified against him the land of Scotland, which is his fief, by putting and maintaining armed men in the towns, castles, and elsewhere, to defend the lands against him, and deprive him of his feu: for all these reasons and these many transgressions, Edward has entered the realm of Scotland and taken and conquered it by force, notwithstanding the army that John had sent against him, a thing which he was rightly able to do as lord of his feu, since John had renounced his homage to him and done the things already described. Therefore John, acting under no constraint, and of his own free will, has surrendered to Edward the lands of Scotland and all its people, with the homage of all of them.
- Firm date
- 2 July 1296
- Dating Notes
- 2nd day of July, regnal year 4
- Place date (modern)
- Kincardine
- Place date (document)
- Kyncardyn
- Related Place
- Kincardine
- Source for Data Entry
- Anglo-Scottish Relations, no. 24
- Trad. ID
- A-S Relations, no. 24
- Calendar number
- 1/51/27
- Charter type
- Letters patent
- Referred to as letter patent
- yes
- Language
- French
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- TNA E39/100/133